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Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal

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Eric Lipton
A small company that has been manufacturing motors domestically for only a few weeks and has Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser won a parts order from the Army.

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Donald Trump Jr. has become part of the Beltway military-industrial complex, even as his father is setting policy priorities that are likely to benefit the companies he has invested in.

Trump Officials Float New Plan for Abrego Garcia: Send Him to Liberia

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Alan Feuer
The proposal was the latest twist in a byzantine saga that has transformed the Salvadoran migrant into one of the best-known symbols of President Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda.

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Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, one of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers, called the plan by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to send his client to Liberia “punitive, cruel and unconstitutional.”

A Woman Self-Deported, Hoping to Shield Her Son. He Was Detained Anyway.

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Ana Ley
Joel Camas, 16, had been without his mother for about four weeks after she voluntarily returned to Ecuador. His lawyer had hoped his age would shield him.

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Joel Camas, 16, an undocumented immigrant living in New York City without a parent, appeared on Thursday for a check-in with federal officials. He was accompanied by Brad Lander, the city comptroller, and Beth Baltimore, his lawyer.

Hakeem Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement for N.Y.C. Mayor

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Nicholas Fandos and Jeffery C. Mays
Mr. Jeffries, the House minority leader, had resisted backing Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, for months. But his support provides a late boost.

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat who leads his party in the House, had faced intense lobbying over a potential endorsement of Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

Republicans Who Have Rarely Opposed Trump Raise Questions About His Drug War

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Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro
The president said he wouldn’t seek congressional approval for his expanding military offensive against cartels, but some in his party believe Congress should weigh in.

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Senator Todd Young, Republican of Indiana, has said he remains “highly concerned” about the legality of the U.S. military strikes on boats in the waters off South America.

After Teen Suicide, Character.AI Lawsuit Raises Questions Over Free Speech Protections

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Jesse Barron
A mother in Florida filed a lawsuit against an A.I. start-up, alleging its product led to her son’s death. The company’s defense raises a thorny legal question.

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Megan has become an advocate for children’s safety online and in September gave testimony at a congressional hearing on “Examining the Harm of A.I. Chatbots.”

A Restaurant Run by Teens in a Town Overrun by Guns

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Eduardo Medina
Shootings have long plagued the city of Montgomery, Ala., where poverty levels are high and good jobs are scarce. That’s My Dog Jr. offers teenagers a moneymaking opportunity — and $3.99 hot dogs.

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Since opening in 2019, That’s My Dog Jr. has been entirely staffed by teenagers through a mentorship nonprofit.

AWS Cloud-Computing Outage Left Smart Bed Customers Without Sleep

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Sopan Deb
The widespread outage involving the cloud-computing provider Amazon Web Services ensnared unexpected consumers earlier this week: people who just wanted a good night’s sleep.

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Some Eight Sleep customers drawn to the company’s smart-bed systems were surprised to find a cloud service’s outage left them without the usual comforts this week.
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